The Sri Lankan army says it is consolidating positions in the recently captured north-eastern town of Sampur. The military say they are clearing mines and searching for booby traps. Officials say that ...

The bunkers occupied by Tiger guerrillas in Sampur 10 days ago are no longer under their control. It is the same with their offices and sea tiger bases. All signs that the area was at one time a ...

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader and Trincomalee district Parliamentarian R. Sampanthan paid his first visit to Sampur, after it was captured from the LTTE in April 2006. With the permission of ...

Over 6000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from the east are still in camps, a latest study reveals. Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) which carried out the study says these families are still ...

From mining to combustion, coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels. Burning coal is the largest single source of climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the world, according to the ...

Sri Lankan security forces captured Sampur town in the eastern district of Trincomalee from the Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday, thus ensuring the safety of the Trincomalee harbour and naval base. HT ...

In addition to the immense losses already incurred by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), it would incur an additional loss of a staggering Rs.7.6 billion annually after the Sampur Coal Power Plant is ...

The Sri Lankan military launched a major new offensive on Sunday aimed at capturing the Sampur area in the East of the island from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The operation is another ...

The LTTE has told the Norwegian peace brokers that the conquest of Sampur in Trincomalee district by the Sri Lankan armed forces has brought an end to the February 2002 Ceasefire Agreement (CFA). HT ...

Baskaran, now a father of two girls, has not forgotten the day in April 2006 when he had to abandon his beloved village, Sampur, along with his family members and hundreds of others. Located about 40 ...

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India on Friday signed an agreement with Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to jointly set up a solar power plant in Sampur, in Sri Lanka’s eastern Trincomalee ...